Photo by David Precious via Flickr.com Tools of the trade, gizmos, writing instruments, and connections are the stuff writers can't live with or without. In the past few weeks, I've spent countless hours getting two pieces of equipment updated. A good portion of that time was spent deciding what to get. When I make a major purchase, I take into consideration how long I might use it, and what those future requirements might be. Since my laptop computer was on its last legs, I knew I had to either replace it or suffer without one. As a writer, even on vacation, I find it impossible to resist the urge to spend time on my work in progress, as well as promote what I already have out there. My Kindle Fire HD 8.9 turned out to be a nice toy, but not sufficient to suit my needs. Computer sites and programs have become more and more memory intensive, so I bit the bullet and opted for a Dell laptop with 8GB of memory. That particular model has 500 GB on the hard drive, which I ...